Mother o' Mine. Rudyard Kipling. 1922. Verse: 1885-1918

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). Verse: 1885–1918. 1922.

Mother o’ Mine


IF I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

If I were drowned in the deepest sea,	5
Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!

If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,	10
Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!